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This religion..................
mbanu, my people cannot bow to the ground. our foreheads can never turn black.

Chai!

austine4real:
say na lie?

lol

austine4real:
say na lie?

lol

Dennis192:
Hello everyone. As you all know, we are in the festive period. am wishing you a Merry Christmas in advance. so my question is, what kind of gift can one give to his boss who has almost evrything?

Buy these two books by Jim Collins for him-
1. From Good To Great
2. Built To Last
He will 4eva remain grateful.

austine4real:
Ya i'v seen many of them at ojo. Navy base.



But i hear say their toto too dey thick o

Nigga Raw!

Still searching

Blizzy9ja:
Are you trying 2 tell me that the percentage of Nigerians that speak English is higher than the percentage of Canadians that speak English?... Bros abeg reason d mata again

canada has a huge number of pple that speak french. Jst research.

Blizzy9ja:
I think this is based of the number of speakers and not the percentage cuz I don't think India and Pakistan deserve a place in the 1st 10

it's based on percentage

4 Nigeria
Nigeria takes position 4 with 79 million speakers of the English language. 4 million people use it as their first language. It is also the most developed language and is used to study scientific and engineering courses. It is used as the official language as well as the language of instruction in schools. It is used in all government transactions.

3 Pakistan
Pakistan is not only known for production of tasty rice, but also for having a considerable number of English speakers, to tunes of over 99 million. All speakers use it as a second language. Pakistan English however differs in pronunciation, terminology, spelling, grammar and other features as well. About 49% of the entire population is able to communicate in English. English is the official language and is used in government functions, business, and law. It is taught in school, and is also the language of instruction.

2 India
India is a business hub thus Indians interact with many people from around the world. English is the default language for teaching and learning as well as administration. There are over 128 million English speakers in India with 226,449 using it as their first language. Hindi is the official language in India nowadays, while English is the assistant official language.

1 United States
English is spoken by the entire U.S. population of over 298 million people. Of these almost 300 million people, 255,505,953 use it as a first language. It is estimated than more that 95% of Americans speak English fluently, despite the large numbers of immigrants that the United States accommodates every year.

7 Germany
Isn’t German the leading language in Germany? Interestingly enough, there are over 51 million English speakers in Germany and 272,504 of them use it as their first tongue. English has managed to penetrate the media as well as some famous German traditions. This is why it is very easy for Germans to learn it. It is compulsory for people to learn German before entering Germany. English is extensively used in education, law and in the media.

6 The Philippines
There are over 52 million English speakers in the Philippines and about 36,000 use it as a first language. This is as a result of colonization where English and education were introduced in the Philippines. It is the main language in education. It is also used in the media and during social and cultural activities in government functions. Rules and court verdicts are written in English. English is used in higher education, in the media, business, and religious affairs. Many Filipinos write and speak in flowing English, though pronunciation and accent may differ.

5 United Kingdom
The United Kingdom is the birthplace of the English Language. It currently has over 59 million speakers of English with 58,100,000 using it as their first language. English is the official language and over 95% of the population are monolingual English speakers. The language is the main one in the educational system, media, law, military and important government and non-government functions. UK English is simple and delicate and the speakers ensure that their pronunciation and accent are according to the language’s actual requirements. They believe that English is part of their culture and traditions.

10 Canada
There are over 28 million people who speak English in Canada. English is the first language learned at home and in school by most Canadians, even though the country has a large community of French speakers as well. It is also used by the government and in the educational system as most subjects are taught in English.

9 Egypt
Despite being an Arabic country, there are over 28 million speakers of English in Egypt. English is used in official matters though it is a foreign language. In fact, even adverts on billboards are in English. Some road plates are bilingual – in both English and Arabic. A few of them are in French as well. It is also used in the curriculum. Most of the people involved in business and education are also fluent in English. The number of English speakers is also growing in academia, where students are becoming more and more accustomed to the English language.

8 Bangladesh
Just like Egypt, which is an Arabic country, Bangladesh also uses English as its de-facto co-official language. It is used in trade, medium, education and even government functions. Mastery of the English language is a requirement for employment in sectors demanding high qualifications like banking and IT. 24% of companies require a basic level of English, 38% an intermediate level, and 38% a good level of English. Graduates with higher levels of proficiency in English find jobs faster in private companies. There are over 29 million speakers of English in Bangladesh.

http://www.peimag.com/top-10-english-speaking-countries/

HapPy BirtHdAy bro, u are blessed!

1 The Mines of Paris

The Terror

The mines are now unkempt, unpatrolled and unsafe. As far as legends go, ancient cults and creatures patrol the depths. Spirits dwell in the infinite shadows, and if one wanders deep enough, and survives, they may even enter Hades itself. As far as reality goes, those legends can take a back seat. The tunnels stretch for close to 600 kilometers throughout the Parisian underground, and most of them are unmapped. Saying it is easy to get lost is an understatement. It is nearly impossible not to get lost. Many parts of the catacombs are hundreds of feet below street level. Some hallways are flooded, or are so narrow you have to crawl through them. There are holes that drop hundreds of feet, and manholes that are unreachable, luring unwary urban explorers in with false promises of freedom. The infinite underground maze absorbs sound, mutes it, making it unlikely you will hear somebody yelling for help, even if they are not far away. Or, worse yet, making it unlikely somebody will hear you. Thousands of human bones litter the tunnels, due to overcrowding in many of Paris’ cemeteries. Weird paintings adorn the walls. Are they ancient? Are they new? Are they warnings? Or pleas for help? If you have claustrophobia, you will want to avoid the mines at all costs. If you don’t have claustrophobia, you probably will after a trip through the mines. Bring plenty of batteries, backup flashlights, clean water, a friend, and say a prayer before entering the mines of Paris. You will need them all.

2 Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum

The Terror

The ghosts of the estimated 17,000 victims of Tuol Sleng continue to roam the halls, and odd happenings around the place are often attributed to them: and it isn’t hard to see why. Most were forced to confess to crimes they didn’t actually commit. Although most victims were Cambodians, many foreigners fell victim to the death machine, including Americans, French, a New Zealander, a Briton, Australians, Arabs, Indians, Pakistanis and Vietnamese. Only 12 people are thought to have survived. To close the entry on this sad history, I’ll leave you with the actual security regulations, the ten rules all prisoners had to abide by. All imperfect grammar is said in context due to poor translation.

1. You must answer accordingly to my question. Don’t turn them away.
2. Don’t try to hide the facts by making pretexts this and that, you are strictly prohibited to contest me.
3. Don’t be a fool for you are a chap who dare to thwart the revolution.
4. You must immediately answer my questions without wasting time to reflect.
5. Don’t tell me either about your immoralities or the essence of the revolution.
6. While getting lashes or electrification you must not cry at all.
7. Do nothing, sit still and wait for my orders. If there is no order, keep quiet. When I ask you to do something, you must do it right away without protesting.
8. Don’t make pretext about Kampuchea Krom in order to hide your secret or traitor.
9. If you don’t follow all the above rules, you shall get many many lashes of electric wire.
10.If you disobey any point of my regulations you shall get either ten lashes or five shocks of electric discharge.

3 Shades of Death Road

The Terror

Gruesome history and spooky name aside, you have much to fear along this byway. South of the I-80 overpass lies an officially unnamed lake, that most will tell you is called Ghost Lake. This lake is frequently the home of specter-like vapors, and the sky is supposed to be unusually bright, no matter what time of night you are there. As per the name, ghosts of the highwaymens victims roam the area, and they are most frequent in the abandoned cabin across the lake. The dead-end road known as Lenape Lane is home to thick fogs and apparitions, you may be chased off the road by a white light. I’ll let Wikipedia detail the most disturbing aspect of the road:

“One day during the 1990s, some visitors found hundreds of Polaroid photographs scattered in woods just off the road. They took some and shared them with Weird NJ, which published a few as samples. Most of the disturbing images showed a television changing channels, others showed a woman or women, blurred and somewhat difficult to identify, lying on some sort of metal object, conscious but not smiling. Local police began an investigation after the magazine ran an item with the photos, but the remainder disappeared shortly afterwards.”

4 Leap Castle

The Terror

The castle is rumored to be haunted by a vast number of spirits, including a violent, hunched beast known only as the Elemental. It is most recognizable by the accompanying smell of rotting flesh and sulphur. While renovating the castle, workers discover an oubliette, which is a dungeon accessible only through a ceiling hatch, into which prisoners are thrown, then forgotten and left to die. This particular oubliette contained three cartloads of human remains, and was filled with spikes to impale those thrown into it’s depths.

5 Byberry Mental Asylum

The Terror

The terrifying aspect of this location isn’t so much it’s hauntings or the unsavory characters that lurked after dark (although you would have been wise to be wary of both while exploring the building). The terror here comes from the facts of the how the hospital was run. Human excrement lined the hallways, which were also where many patients slept. The staff was abusive, and frequently exploited and harassed patients. One patient had a tooth pulled without Novocaine, while another killed and dismembered a female patient. Although the killer, Charles Gable, was never found, the victim’s body was found strewn across the property. Her teeth were found being played with by another patient. Even as the hospital was in the process of closing, two released patients were found dead in the Delaware River, two successive days after their release. Perhaps that gate in Stull Cemetery opens here.

6 Humberstone and LaNoria

The Terror

It is rumored that the dead of the La Noria cemetery rise at night and walk around the town, and ghostly images frequently show up in photographs in Humberstone. These towns are so terrifying, the residents of nearby Iquique refuse to enter them. The former residents never left, and can be seen walking around, and children have been heard playing. The cemetery of La Noria, regardless of whether its occupants actually walk at night, contains opened graves where the bodies are fully exposed, leaving you to wonder why. Is it ghosts, or is it grave robbers? As if either prospect is very appealing.

7 The Ridges

The Terror

Athens, Ohio, is listed as the 13th most haunted place in the world, as per the British Society for Psychical Research. The nearby Ohio University (which currently owns most of the property on which the Ridges is located) is said to be heavily haunted. The notorious rapist with Dissociative Identity Disorder, Billy Milligan, was housed at the facility for years. The most famous story, however is that of a 54 year old female patient who ran away and was missing for 6 weeks. She was found dead in an unused ward. She had taken off all of her clothes, neatly folded them, and laid down on the cold concrete where she subsequently died. Through a combination of decomposition and sun exposure, her corpse left a permanent stain on the floor, which is still visible today. Her spirit now haunts the abandoned ward.

8 Stull Cemetery

The Terror

In the early 20th century, two tragedies rocked the tiny settlement (please observe, these are not legend or folklore, but fact). First, a father finished burning a farm field, only to find the charred corpse of his young son in the aftermath. The second incident to occur was a man went missing, and was later found hanged from a tree. As far as legends go, the infamous cemetery is where you can find your fill of supernatural lore. The book Weird US has this to say on Stull Cemetery:

“There are graveyards across America that go beyond merely being haunted and enter into the realm of the diabolical. They are places so terrifying that they say the devil himself holds courts with his worshippers there. The cemetery on Emmanuel Hill in Stull, Kansas, is one of these places.”

Rumors exist stating that Stull Cemetery is one of the 7 gateways to Hell. While the old church is now demolished, many attempt to sneak in at night for a peek at the unsavory goings-on. But be warned, the police patrol heavily, especially on Halloween and the spring equinox. The place is supposed to be so unholy, in fact, that some claim Pope John Paul II refused to allow his plane to fly over eastern Kansas, on his way to an appearance in Colorado. The validity of this last claim is up for debate, but none can deny that legends or not, Stull Cemetery is a terrifying place to be.

9 Helltown

The Terror

Whether based on a kernel of truth or cooked up in the heads of creative visitors, the persistent legends of Helltown add to the creep factor. The steep Stanford Road drop off, immediately followed by a dead end, is aptly named The End of the World. If you get stuck at this dead end for too long, according to ghost story enthusiasts, you may meet your end at the hands of many members of the endless parade of freaks patrolling the woods. Satanists, Ku Klux Klan members, an escaped mental patient, an abnormally large snake, and mutants caused by an alleged chemical spill proudly march in this parade. And if you stray from the roads, you may find Boston Cemetery, home to a ghostly man, grave robbers and, the quirkiest of all, a moving tree.

10 Riddle House

The Terror

Joseph, one of Riddle’s former employees, committed suicide by hanging himself in the attic of the house. Joseph, for whatever reason, hated men, and displays this hatred by attacking men who enter the attic. One man had a lid flung at his head, and men are now no longer allowed in the attic. Other places in the house are haunted as well, with furniture being frequently moved.
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Lalasticlala. seun this may interest you considering you belief.

vfactor:
U have a phone that can open nairaland. It sure can open google!

ok. Thanx

Please I need an honest answer to the question above.

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sandrajazmin:
Jst made bitterleaf soup wth snail and better ogiri with okproko nd goat meat.
BTW wiaris nsala soup? (White soup)?

Nwafo!

anitank:
Saving 10% of your salary is same as saving after spending which is very wrong. I spend only 20% of my salary and save the other 80%

wow!
Do you pay tithe? Assuming you are a xtian, though.

I am working in a company with no offer letter for like 6months. Their pay is 3 times my previous company's pay.
@op, contact some of d employees of d company and ask them some questions as regards d issue at hand.

PunkyVeer:
The funny thing about #4 is that even (some) ladies crave sex more on their period. It could be hormonal. Anyway, I've heard it's much better when everything is red hot, just messier

Chai! Umunwayi!